Online surge in livestock sales captures on in five head sold at auction

Marian Macdonald
Updated July 10 2020 - 10:44am, first published July 6 2020 - 7:00pm
ONLINE AND UPWARDS: AuctionsPlus says it is selling up to one in five head of cattle offered at auction, whether on its platform or in bricks-and-mortar saleyards.
ONLINE AND UPWARDS: AuctionsPlus says it is selling up to one in five head of cattle offered at auction, whether on its platform or in bricks-and-mortar saleyards.

Around one-in-every-five head of cattle and sheep offered at auction are sold via the AuctionsPlus platform and the saleyards association believes that, five years from now, online bidding will be a normal part of sale days at half of Australia's saleyards.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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